January 4, 2013Isantim the Hippo

FIRST PUBLISHED IN IMPULSE TOOT: THE PLAY & LEARN MAGAZINE (SEPT 2012)

A Nigerian Folktale retold by Preeti Prabhu. This is a tale about how the clever tortoise outsmarts the hippo chief called Isantim. As a result Isantim and his 7 hippo wives have to leave the forest and go live by the river, and that’s where they are to this day! 🙂

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